FLORIDA

    Florida & Misc

1. Sailboat “Santa Maria” Jim had tossed out – I restrung it and fixed it up.

2. Stagecoach model, Jim had tossed the pieces in a box, all the leather had rotted, pieces were missing, etc., but I was able to rebuild it – Now I need two horses and a driver!!

Kite surfing on an overcast day!

Photographs of the day, 7-8-08
(More pictures sitting here at my desk)

Monarch butterfly came by to lay her eggs..
Young osprey stretching a wing.
White Ibis preening, cleaning those feathers behind.
Osprey not paying any attention to the Pelican taking off after catching his meal.
Adult osprey resting.
Female Anhinga drying her wings.

Photographs of the day, 7-4-08

Yellow Crown Night Heron in my back yard, checking the left inside.
Cleaning up the neck and chest area.
Yellow crowned night heron scratching.
Anything under the right side?
July 4th fireworks from my back porch.
Great White Heron in my back yard.
Mating plumage.
Wonderful to have a backyard like this!!
Ibis at the beach.
Sunset: it looks like the sun is sitting in a bed of cotton!

Photographs of the day, 6-14-08

Photographs of the day, 6-11-08

Photographs of a Leaf Cutter Bee taken sitting at my desk: starting his cut.
The bee is very shy and flew away each time I tried to take his picture outside – 
even though I was standing 20 feet away out on the porch. 
He could not see me through the window though.
The bees use the rolled up leaf instead of wax to create the cell for their young,
it is a lot faster and more efficient than excreting wax all the time I would think!
About half way done his cut.
Pipevine leaf after he left (total time about 10 seconds!).

Photographs of the day 6-8-08

Collecting a branch for the nest.

Sunset Beach

My pinapple!
Rick Olsen from the marina carved this for me!!

The shy kingfisher:

Mullet jumping:

Two at a time!

Kind of bedraggled, but a fearless hunter, notice the second “lower jaw”!

Snowy Egret

Cormorant

Goodbye!